Today's News

A Cartmell Elementary School student was selected Carroll County winner in the “2011-2012 Grandparent of the Year” essay contest sponsored by AARP Kentucky and the Kentucky Retired Teacher’s Association (KRTA).

Leah Chandler of Ghent and Alyssa Hartman of Carrollton have both been accepted to attend Union College in the fall semester of 2012.

Located in Barbourville, Ky., Union College offers an education experience where students receive personal attention to help make their educational experience successful. At Union, the average professor-to-student ratio is 14:1, so students can expect small class sizes and close interactions with instructors. Union is a four-year liberal arts school related to the United Methodist Church.

What is your favorite thing about school?
“Math because it’s fun!”Who is your favorite teacher and why?
“Mrs. Laughlin is my favorite teacher because she is very nice.”What was the last book you read?
“I don’t know.”What was the last movie you saw?
“Courageous.”What do you like to do for fun?
“I like to draw.”

Theater is alive and well at Carroll County High School. The theater department’s latest production will be the musical “Camelot.” The Lerner and Loewe play depicts the tale of King Arthur and the fictitious land of Camelot. The director for the local production is Jennifer Beach, and the choreographer is Cindy Hedges.

The Owen County Rebels diminished Carroll County’s hopes of reaching the 31st District championship, defeating the Panthers 56-33 in Owenton Thursday night. The Panthers finished the season with a record of 14-14, the most wins for the boys’ team since the 2005-06 season when they finished 15-15. This year’s squad was 7-12 in the region and 3-9 in districts.

For the second year in a row, the Gallatin County Lady Wildcats eliminated the Carroll County Lady Panthers from the 31st District Tournament, winning 66-31. Later that evening, Carroll head coach and athletic director Randy Mefford announced in an email he was retiring from both positions. He will remain as athletic director through the end of the school year. Mefford just completed his 32nd year of coaching. He coached the Lady Panthers for nine years after coaching the Panthers’ team for 11 years.

Thanks from me as a member of the Carroll County Animal Support Group to everyone who attended our chili supper Saturday night. We raised a record amount of money for this affair, with meal sales, bake sale and our silent auction items. So many in the community contributed to the silent auction and again, we raised more money through that this year than ever before. Our bake sale table was laden with scrumptious goodies created by volunteer bakers. Mark Louden in the early part of the evening and Power Plant later on provided enjoyable music that the crowd enjoyed.